pi.py

'''
Calculation of PI Mnemonics
'''
import re
class Pi(object):
        completed = 0

        def __init__(self):
        # variables- instantiated
                Pi.completed = 0
                self.tagOptions = 0

    def getWords(self, file='austen.txt'):
        text = open(file).read()
        textWithoutJunk = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9\. ]+','',text)
        self.sentences = textWithoutJunk.split(".")

        def setWebPage(self, page = "http://google.com.au"):
        # just keep this as an example of creating default values
                self.page = page

    def calc(self, pi = [6,5,3], n = 3):
        # pi = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899
        # pi (10 decimal) = 3.1415926535
        #listSen = sentence.split(' ')
        self.getWords()
        for i in self.sentences:
            listSen = i.split()
            #print listSen
            numbers = []

            for i in xrange(len(listSen)):
                #print listSen[i], len(listSen[i]),
                numbers.append(len(listSen[i]))

            #print "quantified numbers: ", numbers

            for i in xrange(len(numbers)):
                if (numbers[i:i+6] == pi):
                    print 'matched string @ location', i, numbers[i:i+6]
                    print 'sentence found: ', listSen[i:i+6]
                    print zip(listSen[i:i+6], numbers[i:i+6])


def main():
    go = Pi()
    go.calc()

if __name__ == '__main__':main()